⚫️ Your chart doesn’t have to “work” all the time. How many times I’ve seen people whining about “not relating to their chart” or things “not resonating”. Well, the thing is, yes, you might be reading the wrong descriptions but the things you have in a chart may work later in your life or only once. Let’s say you have a benefic planet in your 7th house. That doesn’t mean you’re happily going from one relationship to another (as most astro sources will state). You can actually be single till your 20s or 30s or whatever but once you find someone, it’s going to stick forever (or for a VERY long time; also, you know, in the case of that example, quality over quantity).
⚫️ Speaking of the 7th house, planets in houses that represent other people (7th, 4th, 11th, 3rd to some extend) may sometimes not directly describe you personally, but rather the people around you. Example: you have Jupiter (foreign stuff) in Libra in the 3rd house (siblings) and it’s your sibling that moved abroad to purse law (a very Jupiter in Libra job).
⚫️ If you have any ill-dignified planets, always pay attention to those. They might be a constant pain in the ass and act as a chronic issue but they might as well bring trouble only once in your life. And it doesn’t matter what planet that is, you can as well have a pretty Venus in the 1st but if it’s in Aries, Virgo or Scorpio, still be careful when you have nasty transits or have that house or planet active with profections.
⚫️ If you have planets tightly conjunct (not really counting outer planets; also this may work with other aspects a bit as well but it’s conjunctions specifically), check what houses they rule because those planets will also literally tie together the topics of those houses. So, for example, if you have 9th house ruler conjunct 10th house ruler, your career path might be intertwined with your beliefs, foreign lands/cultures or it might be connected to higher education. Another example: 2nd and 4th house rulers together can somehow blend together family and money matters.
⚫️ Jupiter is known as the big benefic while Venus is the lesser benefic but actually, it may depend on your chart. If you have a day chart (Sun above the asc-dsc axis), Jupiter is the bigger benefic for you, while for a night chart (Sun below the asc-dsc axis), it’s usually Venus that will bring you more luck. Unfortunately this also applies to malefics: Mars is going to (potentially) bring you more issues if you have a day chart, while Saturn is going to be harder to handle for night chart folks (this is also one of the reasons why Saturn works more constructive for some than others).
⚫️ We’re living in the era of psychological astrology, but actually, sometimes the simplest and most straight-forward aspect interpretations are the most accurate. So if you’re having trouble interpreting something, think of the most basic keywords and slam them together.
⚫️ If you’re not sure what rising sign you are (deciding between two because you were born on a cusp or your time of birth is rounded etc), always use whole sign for rectification. This way planets will completely change houses & you can decide which one fits more using a mix of transits/profections and things that happened to you. Actually, you should always rectify your chart, just in case.
⚫️ Your ascendant ruler is important but look at your final dispositor (so basically the planet that is in its own sign) or, if you don’t have any, you may have a mutual reception between planets (example: Sun in Cancer & Moon in Leo – they’re in each others signs). Those planets will also in some way run your chart. It’s also where you have the most backup; it’s kind of like your super power. Double points if those planets make an actual aspect.
⚫️ In the case of aspect importancy, I personally always look at it like that: the strongest one(s) in your chart is going to be between planets that are making an applying aspect (meaning planets haven’t met at the same degree yet). Then it’s an aspect that is the most exact but not necessary applying (example: Venus at 13°52 and Jupiter at 13°35 – they’re really close but separating). Then there are sign-based aspects that I think are worth the attention as it shows how energies in your chart are operating. You may have an Aries Moon at 5° degrees and a Leo Sun at 22° – they’re not making an aspect but it means both are working in the same type of manner because they’re both in fire signs.